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William Allen Rogers
William Allen Rogers

William Allen Rogers

American, 1854-1931
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William Allen Rogers was an American political cartoonist born in Springfield, Ohio.

He studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Wittenberg College, but never graduated. Rogers taught himself to draw and began submitting political cartoons to Midwestern newspapers in his teens. At the age of fourteen, his first cartoons appeared in a Dayton, Ohio-based newspaper, to which Rogers' mother had earlier submitted a selection of his sketches.

The start of Rogers' career as an illustrator came in 1873 when he was hired by the Daily Graphic in New York. He was nineteen years old at the time. Rogers' job at the Daily Graphic was to help out with the news sketches and at times draw cartoons.

In 1877, he was hired by Harper's Weekly to draw the magazine's political cartoons after the departure of Thomas Nast. The cartoons were dramatic adjuncts that illustrated the magazine's editorials. Walt Reed, author of The Illustrator in America: 1860-2000, writes that while Rogers cartoons "never quite approached Nast's in power, his ideas were strongly presented and his drawings somewhat more skillful." Rogers remained at Harper's Weekly for twenty-five years, and lived in St. George, Staten Island.

After leaving Harper's Weekly, Rogers was hired by the New York Herald, where he drew cartoons daily for a total of twenty years. He occasionally worked for Life too, and submitted cartoons and illustrations for Puck, The Century Magazine, and St. Nicholas Magazine.

Rogers retired as a cartoonist in 1926 while working for the Washington Post. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1931.

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The makers of Wall Street

The makers of Wall Street (1916)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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A Sicilian café in New York

A Sicilian café in New York (1889)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Bearded Jewish man in hat, facing straight ahead

Bearded Jewish man in hat, facing straight ahead (1889)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Great activity in Wall Street

Great activity in Wall Street (1908)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Ninth Avenue, Saturday night market

Ninth Avenue, Saturday night market (1890)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Our war dogs

Our war dogs (1914)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Playing hookey

Playing hookey (1905)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The honeymoon is over ; he gave me a black eye at Carnegie Hall

The honeymoon is over ; he gave me a black eye at Carnegie Hall (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The Jewish Quarter, Boston

The Jewish Quarter, Boston (1899)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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His Liberty Bond, paid for in full

His Liberty Bond, paid for in full (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
The millenium is certainly here!

The millenium is certainly here! (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The professor of tattooing at work

The professor of tattooing at work (1889)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The strangest of infatuations

The strangest of infatuations (1918)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Too bl–kty small for Uncle Joe

Too bl–kty small for Uncle Joe (1904)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Vice-presidential possibilities–The Rough Rider

Vice-presidential possibilities–The Rough Rider (1900)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Who is master

Who is master (1905)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Who’d ever have thought we’d go fishing to-gether

Who’d ever have thought we’d go fishing to-gether (1906)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Be up-to-date – be a U.S. Marine First to change the old campaign hat for the modern helmet

Be up-to-date – be a U.S. Marine First to change the old campaign hat for the modern helmet (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
Only the Navy can stop this

Only the Navy can stop this (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
The century book for young Americans – the story of the government

The century book for young Americans – the story of the government (1894)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
The deadly parallel

The deadly parallel (1896)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
Tom Paulding by Brander Matthews

Tom Paulding by Brander Matthews (1890)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
When you fire remember this Enlist in the Navy

When you fire remember this Enlist in the Navy (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Posters
Watch your step

Watch your step (1914)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Illustration
Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace

Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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We are against his politics but we like his grit

We are against his politics but we like his grit (1912)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Welcome home!

Welcome home! (1909)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Who shall rule–man or beast

Who shall rule–man or beast (1908)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Illustration
Come away little cousin, our music is not for barbarians

Come away little cousin, our music is not for barbarians (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Illustration
Christmas 1914

Christmas 1914 (1914)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
Religion
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